Are we are talking about the latest software changes and improvements to Civil 3D? There is a recent Autodesk Civil 3D 2023.2.2 Update that includes some useful performance improvements and better Autodesk Cloud behaviors with the Autodesk Desktop Connector 16.0.0.1902 Update. Today we are not here to discuss that type of feature.
We are here to talk about…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 14, 2022
Tags Civil 3D, implementation, project template, sheet set template, sheet template, template, XREF, DREF, IREF
Intentionally, I employ the US Constitution’s analogy of the Separation of Powers to talk about how civil engineers and surveyors need to systematically manage to divide and conquer resources inside and outside Civil 3D. The perspective allows us to employ the software successfully in production.
The Principals of Separation are, as they say, self-evident. The practical…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 30, 2022
Tags implementation, Project Management, CAD Standards, naming convention, dynamic model, management
Early this week Autodesk released the Autodesk Civil 3D 2023.2 Update. This latest Civil 3D 2023.2 Update includes a host of new features, enhancements, and performance capabilities which are sure to make a bunch of folks in Civil 3D Land happier and more productive.
There may be more changes and improvements in this single update than in Civil 3D 2023.0…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 25, 2022
Tags Civil 3D 2023, Upgrade, Update, Project Explorer, Grading Optimization, subassembly composer, video
This weekend on Saturday Oct 8, 2022, Civil 3D standalone licenses with subscription for Autodesk Civil 3D for 2023 all the way back to Autodesk Civil 3D 2020 will suddenly get much better. All these Civil 3D releases instantly become significantly more powerful and user friendly too.
Quietly behind the scenes, Autodesk officially announced that Project…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 06, 2022
Tags Civil 3D, Project Explorer, Grading Optimization, Upgrade, Civil 3D 2023, Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, video
How many times in Autodesk Civil 3D do we get a complex civil engineering design or survey dataset right the first time? Almost never. This reality is a most important fact about Civil 3D. To employ Civil 3D constructively in a real-world project-based production environment, we need to plan to fail forward.
What the heck does that mean?Sounds like…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 07, 2022
Tags iterations, DREF, design control, design state, grading, Multiple Baseline Corridors, DWF, iPOD, Project Management